KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 13:10
Complete exact-word concordance
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Heare me speedily, O LORD, my spirit faileth, hide not thy face from mee: lest I be like vnto them that goe downe into the pit.
1611 marginal noteOr, for I am become like. &c.
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Man is like to vanity: his dayes are as a shadow that passeth away.
1611 marginal notePsal.39.6. iob 14.2.
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
He giueth snow like wooll: he scattereth the hoare frost like ashes.
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
He casteth forth his yce like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
There is that speaketh like the pearcings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
1611 marginal notePsal.57.5. & 59.8.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A merrie heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
1611 marginal noteOr, to a medicine.
1611 marginal noteChap. 15.13. and 12.25.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
A brother offended is harder to be wonne then a strong citie: and their contentions are like the barres of a castle.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Counsell in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding will draw it out.
1611 marginal noteChap. 18.4.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
1611 marginal noteOr, acockatrice.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of siluer.
1611 marginal noteHeb. spoken vpon his wheeles.
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Historical English dictionary sources
likely.
To please.
A person or thing resembling another; an equal.
